Trump, Taliban talk as Afghan violence rises
Afghan security officials patrol in Helmand. In an agreement reached by the US and Taliban officials, it includes ceasefire, withdrawal of foreign forces, intra-Afghan negotiations and counterterrorism assurances. – EPA pic, March 4, 2020.
US President Donald Trump made the surprise announcement that he’d had a “very good” talk with the Taliban political chief on the Afghan peace process, despite an eruption of violence marring a brief calm in the country. The insurgents were the first to give news of the highly unusual phone call between Trump and former Taliban fighter Mullah Baradar, which the insurgents said lasted 35 minutes.
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